THE NEGRO MURDERER CAPTURED; ARRESTED AFTER PUTTING A BULLET THROUGH HIS OWN HEAD.

While a number of men were at work yesterday afternoon in Denis McCrosseu's fire-works factory, ou Park-place, near Utica-avenue, Brooklyn, they were startled by the sudden appearance of a colored man's head through a hole in the floor. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on December 24, 1882, on Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: THE NEGRO MURDERER CAPTURED; ARRESTED AFTER PUTTING A BULLET THROUGH HIS OWN HEAD. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe